PRINCE2® (7th edition) Foundation & Practitioner

The PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner courses are designed to equip you with the expertise required to excel in project management. Written by experienced project management professionals, these courses are focused on providing you with the skills and knowledge necessary to successfully pass your PRINCE2® exams.

With a curriculum that adheres to the latest global standard for management, this course will equip you with a firm foundation for adopting, comprehending, and applying PRINCE2® to all of your projects.

What's more, the cost of the exam is already included in the course fee, allowing you to focus on your studies without worrying about additional expenses.

This course can also be offered as on-site delivery. Please enquire for more details.

PRINCE2 Foundation Syllabus (7th Edition)

Learning outcome

• Understand key concepts relating to projects and PRINCE2.
• Understand how the PRINCE2 principles underpin the PRINCE2 method.
• Understand the PRINCE2 themes and how they are applied throughout the project.
• Understand the PRINCE2 processes and how they are carried out throughout the project.

Throughout this PRINCE2 course , you will learn the essential concepts relating to projects and understand the PRINCE2® Principles. This includes continued business justification, learning from experience, defining job roles and responsibilities, manage by stages and by exception, and more. Understand the PRINCE2® themes, including Business Case, Organisation, Quality, Plans, Risk, Change and Progress, and understand how to apply these themes throughout a project.

Discover how to follow a project lifecycle from start to completion, through the seven PRINCE2® Processes.

These are

• Starting a project
• Directing a project
• Initiating a project
• Controlling a stage
• Managing product delivery
• Managing stage boundaries
• Closing a project

PRINCE2 Practitioner Syllabus (7th Edition)

Learning outcome

• Apply the PRINCE2 principles in context.
• Apply and tailor relevant aspects of PRINCE2 themes in context.
• Apply (and tailor) relevant aspects of PRINCE2 processes in context.

This qualification focuses on application. Learn how to take your understanding of the PRINCE2 methodology to the next level how to apply the seven PRINCE2 Principles within a project. Review the seven PRINCE2 processes and themes and learn how to apply and tailor them in context.

PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner Exam Details (7th Edition)

In order to receive your PRINCE2 certification you will need to take two exams, one closed-book exam and one open-book exam.

PRINCE2 Foundation Exam (7th Edition)

Purpose: To determine whether you’re able to act as an informed member of a project management team, utilising PRINCE2® methodologies.

• Exam format – Multiple-choice (Classic, Missing word & List style questions).
• Duration – 1 hour.
• Number of questions – 60.
• Pass mark – 36/60 (60%).

PRINCE2 Practitioner Exam (7th Edition)

Purpose: To determine whether you’re able to apply the PRINCE2® methodologies to run and manage non-complex projects.

• Exam format – Scenario (Classic & Matching style questions).
• Duration – 2 hours 30 minutes
• Number of questions – 70.
• Pass mark – 42/70 (60%).

Open book - The Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 publication, should be used (and you can make notes inside the book), but no other material is allowed.

• Project Members
• Project Sponsors
• Team Managers
• Product Delivery Managers
• Business Analysts
• Project Assurance
• Business Change Analysts

There are no prerequisites or entry requirements at Foundation level. However, basic project management knowledge would be beneficial.

To enrol on the PRINCE2 Practitioner course, you will need to have passed one of the following:

• PRINCE2 Foundation course
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
• IPMA Level A, B, C, or D

Project Manager, Team Leader, Manager, CEO.